CMS has a sector-focused employment practice which specialises in acting for life sciences, hospitality, mobility, consumer goods and energy sector clients. The team is well-equipped to advise on corporate employment matters, pension structures, restructuring and reorganisations. Katja van Kranenburg-Hanspians leads the team and advises international clients on sensitive employment matters such as whistleblowing and investigations. Ayşegül Avcı handles individual and collective employment law matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Niels Koene, Alette de Groot and Mila Janse are our regular contacts, and provide a seamless and prompt service for our employment law needs.’
- ‘CMS provides us with prompt advice, well articulated and explained in a simple and commercially pragmatic way.’
- ‘Always received sound, solid and practical legal advice.'
- ‘I could not recommend Ayşegül Avcı highly enough. She is always very prompt in responding and makes sure to understand the precise needs of the client at the beginning of every assignment. Thanks to this approach, Ayşegül is able to provide clients with accurate and precise legal advice, and where needed, custom made solutions.’
- ‘The team is extremely professional. Excellent communication. They have been proactive to proposing tailored solutions to our needs.’
- ‘Ayşegül Avcı always gives her very best in our partnership. She is also very good in communicating and proving always she is on top of everything, never leaving any details behind. ’
Key clients
- Accor Hotels Aecom Amgen Europe Arla BMC Software Choice Logistics Coty Dana Expro North Sea ltd Garantibank Korn Ferry LCI Industries Nuvei Qatar Airways Rosier Nederland TJX (TK Maxx) Universal Music Vebego Wella Westwing Zentiva Netherlands
Work highlights
Advised Primark on all employment law aspects of a store closure, including co-determination, legal compliance, and the implementation of a custom redeployment program.
Advised Nuvei on the structuring and payment of retention bonuses and long-term incentive plans within the regulatory framework of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wft).
Assisted CCV's works council with the advisory process regarding the sale of CCV's shares to Fiserv.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Katja van Kranenburg-Hanspians
Other key lawyers
Ayşegül Avcı; Niels Koene; Alette de Groot; Mila Janse; Fleur van Assendelft de Coningh